Fit to Play™ & Perform 2 DVD Set
Agility Drills + Lower Core & Leg Training
This 2 DVD set packs a training punch.
Agility drills improve performance with sports specific agility, balance & coordination drills. This innovative DVD includes a high performance warm-up and offers dozens of drills to challenge footwork, improve multi-directional quickness, reaction time and explosive power enhancing athletic performance.
Lower Core & Legs Improve three dimensional core stability by connecting the lower core and legs with functional exercises that work the muscle slings in closed and partially closed kinetic chain movements. Functional core stability training with a physio ball, balance equipment, medicine ball and stretch bands strengthens the lower core and legs in all planes of motion.
The exercises in these 2 DVD's are versatile, practical, transportable, affordable and applicable for all sports and can be used by athletes of all ages.
These DVD's are available to purchase by contacting me at: carlpetersen2411@gmail.com or carl@fittoplay.com
Reviews
This DVD is a compilation of activity- specific training exercises, and drills to improve and complement athletic movement and performance. What makes this DVD unique is it’s educational component: the why and how of the high-performance skills. The drills are carried out by young athletes, visually illustrated and clearly explained for a wide viewership of therapy professionals, athletes, and active individuals. For physiotherapists and their clientele, the drills are user friendly and can be incorporated in the treatment to training spectrum. The drills make use of commonly available sport conditioning, equipment throughout and offer, practical and innovative drills and techniques to target, active individuals needs of agility, balance, coordination, and power. These training drills are informative, and that they reinforce active rehabilitation theory and injury prevention. For active individuals of all ages or expertise, they translate into effective strategies to help optimize activities and sports performance.
The first DVD Core Stability 1 Base Work & Bridging focuses on providing versatile exercises to enhance training of the core in three dimensions(3-D) and multiple planes of movement. It delivers a variety of exercises in lying, supine, prone, quadruped and seated bridge positions. The authors show expert utilization of balance equipment, elastic resistance, and ‘Physio balls’.
The second DVD Core Stability 2-Lower Core & Leg Training shows how to improve 3D core debility by connecting the lower core and legs with functional exercises that work the muscle slings in closed and partially closed, kinetic chain movements. The extended hip position for squatting, as well as optimal recruitment, balance, timing and deceleration control are also emphasized.
The third DVD Core Stability 3 Upper Core & Arm Training, is of particular importance for tennis players given the high demands that their strokes place on the dominant upper limb. The authors present multiple exercises for scapular stabilization, and deceleration of posterior shoulder muscles using practical and portable equipment.
All the DVDs have an introductory warm up and finish with a cool down section. They also include information that the authors have edited from a video on agility, balance and coordination drills.
In my opinion, these DVDs are of great value to doctor’s, therapists and coaches in their efforts to optimize athletic function, and reduce injury in tennis players.
This 40 minute extremely practical DVD was filmed in the beautiful Swiss Alps. It is specific to competitive tennis however, the exercise ideas and exercise physiology guidelines could be applied to any sport at any level. This DVD features drills for high-performance warm-up, fast feet drills, balance drills, reaction drills, fast feet and medicine, ball drills, as well as hopping and bounding drills. This would be an extremely useful DVD series for team therapists to acquire for reference, as well as any clinic, providing high-performance exercise and education to athletic individuals. As well it would be useful for those of us challenging our CERT and DIP exams, as it has tons of practical exercise ideas which would be useful in the exam stations.
Get the ski specific performance, benefits of sport specific agility, balance and coordination drills. This innovative DVD includes a high-performance warm up and offers dozens of drills to challenge foot work, improve multidirectional quickness, reaction time and explosive power to enhance athletic performance on the ski hill and training field. This comprehensive DVD offers the user a practical hands-on approach using ladders, cones, balance equipment, elastic resistance, medicine, balls, hurdles and much more to provide fast feet training applicable to athletes of all ages.
As the name suggests this DVD is packed with dozens of agility, balance and coordination drills to enhance athletic performance. Filmed on a clay court amid the spectacular mountain scenery of the Swiss resort of Davos. The DVD is divided into six chapters, dynamic warm-up, fast feet drills reaction, drills, competition drills, balance exercises, and hopping and bounding drills. Top Swiss juniors are seen performing exercises using a range of equipment, including ladders, cones, balance, equipment, medicine, balls, and hurdles. Set to high energy music. This is very much a watch and learn kind of DVD. This DVD will appeal mostly to coaches looking for some fresh and innovative ideas for the players physical training programs.
This particular DVD had an emphasis on sport, specific agility, balance and coordination, drills for high-performance, junior, tennis players. The drills could easily be adapted to tennis players of various abilities and to different sports, where agility balance and coordination come in to play. The video provided comprehensive information on proper warm-up phases, fast feet drills, balance, drills reaction drills, combine fast feet and medicine ball drills, and hopping and bounding drills. The drills are demonstrated in such a manner that physiotherapists, coaches, personal trainers, and strength and conditioning coaches could easily repeat them. Overall, it is a great video for anyone who wants to provide athletes or players with Innovative and practical drills to improve their balance and agility.
Base Work and Bridging features more basic core drills in common positions we teach our clients such as bridging, four-point, prone, supine, sitting and side lying. It will, however, give you many more ideas to work with even for the seasoned Therapist. The producers use equipment such as foam rolls, wobble boards, balls, and bands in combinations you will not have thought of to make these exercises challenging for your clients. All the DVDs include warm-up ideas, balance exercises, and stretches using the ball.
Lower Core and Leg Training features challenging, lower kinetic chain exercises, including the essential core muscles. Exercises include squats, lunges, standing drills, step ups and running drills. Again, the producers have given us many innovative combinations, using balls, bands, steps, body weight and drills around the court, to challenge our clients. One ideal population of clients this DVD would work magic with his people suffering from pelvic instability.
Upper Core and Arm Training features challenging, upper kinetic chain exercises involving the core muscles. Positions include sitting on a ball, kneeling on a ball, four-point, squatting lunging and supine. Again, equipment is used to challenge the client such as, bands and medicine balls. One ideal population of clients this DVD would work magic on is a shoulder instability client.
